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The map shows the emergence of the German linguistic area in the course of the so-called "German settlement of the east" in the period of time from the 7th until the 19th centuries.

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This map shows the development of the German linguistic area as a result of the so-called "German east settlement". This contained the period of time for 12th to 14th century and contained about 500,000 people. The first settlers were predominantly "Northern Germanic" (Flemish, Dutch and Saxon), at that time. These settled the northeast Europe.

Francs and Bavarians (including the later Austrians) took this one part in the settlement movements but also a part. But these rather drew regions of Europe in the southeastern one.

As of the 16th and 17th centuries today's Dutchmen and Flemish men finally left the "German people body" and formed nations of their own. These two peoples, however, speak variants of the North German dialects to this day and trained these to the standard language: The Dutch.

Large parts of Eastern Europe were settled by German settlers in result of the "Turks wars".

But also in the 18th and 19th centuries many Germans of different origin pulled to the east of Europe and furthermore.

Within the 1940s years Adolf Hitler evacuated many Germans of Eastern Europe and established these areas subjected by Poland into this one. He so finally created a closed German settlement area in the east of Europe.

Most Germans became 1945-1950 expelled from the European east by the states of Eastern Europe (Germany, former German Democratic Republic and Austria), settled to the "follow-up states of the 3rd Reich" later.

Only still few Germans live in the east of Europe today.

This map was done by me.

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